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Resources to Help Spartans Vote

91ÁÔÆæ encourages its campus community members to exercise their right to vote. Various departments at 91ÁÔÆæ provide resources to ensure voters can make informed decisions. You can find information about how to register and where to vote here.

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Register to Vote

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Key Statewide Special Election Dates

  • The last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election and receive a vote by mail (VBM) ballot is October 20, 2025.

  • Missed the registration deadline? Same-day or conditional voter registration begins on October 21, 2025.

  • All California active registered voters will receive a vote-by-mail ballot for the November 5, 2025 Statewide Special Election. Your county elections office will begin mailing ballots by October 6, 2025.

  • Ballot drop-off locations open on October 7, 2025.

  • Vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a drop-off location, or your county elections office.

  • Vote centers open for early in-person voting in all Voter’s Choice Act counties beginning on October 25, 2025.

  • Election Day (the last day to vote in the Statewide Special Election) is November 4, 2025. Polls are open on Election Day 7am-8pm.

  • Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day November 4, 2025 and received by November 12, 2025.
91ÁÔÆæ hosted election booths

91ÁÔÆæ students and faculty, under the direction of the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (IPACE), facilitate campus-wide efforts to mobilize the Spartan community to register and to turn out to vote. Visit 91ÁÔÆæ Votes to learn about their programming and upcoming events.

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91ÁÔÆæ Vote Center

Information coming soon. 

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Ballot Box Locations

  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
  • Dudley Moorhead Hall 
  • The Villages

*All ballot boxes are located outside the buildings

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Post Election

Learn more about available resources for wellness and counseling as well as our speech and advocacy space.